Songs We Ought To Retire

[The Condor]

Lately I have come to realize that some songs have been around quite a while and worn out their welcome with me. Don't like them, or I find them annoying, whatever. If you could retire one or two songs from the global playlist which would they be?

"Sweet Home Alabama"- makes every person, regardless of religion, race, gender or geographic location feel like a red neck. And it's really not that good.

"Epic" by Faith No More- I get it, understand its place in the musical evolution chain, but it really hasn't stood the test of time and Im just not a fan.

[Curd]

"Tub Thumping" by Chumbawumba

"Wicked Game" by Chris Isaac

"This Kiss" by Faith Hill

"All Summer Long" by Kid Rock

"Imma Be" by Black Eyed Peas

[FakeLaser]

Train - Soul Sister

[Juan]

Anything by Sublime. They're one of my favorite bands, but I feel like I've heard every single song a million times now.

[Shisen Kopf]

Daft Punk-One More Time, utter euro trash crap.

[Heisenberg]

Epic is one of my favs, but I understand your point.

"Thunderstruck" by AC/DC. It plays everywhere, motivational runs, Power Point presentations etc.

[Curd]

Train - Soul Sister

Yes! For some reason, I kept on imagining Hogan vs. Savage in a steel cage from Uncensored '98 every time that played. :wtf: #Weird

[Shisen Kopf]

Limp Bikzit--ANYTHING

[Curd]

"Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf

The song which goes "Stop, yeah, what's that smell"

"I'm a Believer" by The Pretenders or anyone covering it

"Fade to Black" by The Rolling Stones has an assload of covers which thankfully leave radio rotation fairly quickly.

[Curd]

Limp Bikzit--ANYTHING

Their cover of The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes" was funny because of the sequence, "And I blame YOU!!!" -silence- answering machine recording

[PrettyCool]

"Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf

The song which goes "Stop, yeah, what's that smell"

"I'm a Believer" by The Pretenders or anyone covering it

"Fade to Black" by The Rolling Stones has an assload of covers which thankfully leave radio rotation fairly quickly.

I think u mean "paint it black" u yellow lipped musically stunted manlet.

[The Condor]

PrettyCool is PrettyPerceptive. "Fade to Black" = Metallica

[Shisen Kopf]

Don't Stop Believin'--Journey. No such place as South Detroit, that would be Windsor and who the hell wants to sing about that place?

[FakeLaser]

That club song that's like "SO WE GONNA ROCK THIS CLUB, WE GONNA GO ALL NIGHT, WE GONNA LIGHT IT UP LIKE IT'S DY-NOMITE"

[FakeLaser]

That song that's like IT'S A QUARTER AFTER ONE, I'M ALL ALONE AND I MISS UUUUUU

[FakeLaser]

Complete Discographies:
Bon Jovi
311
Sublime
Dave Matthews Band
Metallica
Loutallica
Goo Goo Dolls
Counting Crows
Lifehouse
Gin Blossoms
Everclear
Mumford & Sons and related folk-suspenderwave stadium "indie" bands

Pearl Jam - Evenflow
Blind Melon - Whatever the fuck that bumblebee song is

[FakeLaser]

Like 97% of music probably

[road doggy dogg]

Journey - Don't Stop Believin' - Pretty much the bane of karaoke nights everywhere. Guaranteed to come up at least once throughout the night, and be sung terribly.

Oasis - Wonderwall - It's the "Don't Stop Believin'" of douchey acoustic guitar players at pubs. Bar promoting an acoustic set of some local musician? Almost guaranteed they will be playing Wonderwall at some point. Not a bad song by any means, but just so cliché.

Lynyrd Skynyd - Sweet Home Alabama - For basically the same reasons as above.

Pearl Jam - Evenflow - "Controversial" pick, but IDK. Every time I listen to any alternative radio station I hear it. Like, without fail. And, no exaggeration, every single time I've been in a car with anyone who has XM radio, if the Lithium station is on I've heard this track within 10 minutes of the station being on. I get that that's the "point" of the channel, but BLAH. I'm just tired of hearing this song on the radio.

Also, basically any song that was "the rage" for about 2 weeks and has outlived its 15 minutes. Like if I were to hear a radio station today playing Call Me Maybe or Gangnam Style. The songs, during their peak, were annoying but I understood that that was the chart-topper of the moment. Whatevs. Now though, it's like... you're just embarrassing yourself, top 40 station. Let it go.
crossrine

[Kane Knight]

"Epic" by Faith No More- I get it

What is it?

Journey - Don't Stop Believin' - Pretty much the bane of karaoke nights everywhere. Guaranteed to come up at least once throughout the night, and be sung terribly.

It's karaoke. If you're going out to karaoke, you deserve what you get.

However, the recent resurgence of the song being sung everywhere thanks to Glee is enough to make me agree that it should be retired.

In fact, we should retire any song that gets onto Glee. And yes, I'm aware that includes "Somebody to Love" by Queen and that one Lady Gaga song I can tolerate.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

"Go With The Flow" by Zachary Amaranth. I've played it so many times now it is engraved in my brain so it's not really necessary to keep around.

[Kane Knight]

I appreciate your fandom. :lol:

[ron the dial]

you're all a bunch of fuckers

[OssMan]

Hell's Bells
Welcome to the Jungle
Don't Stop Believing
Bohemian Rhapsody

[Bad News Gertner]

blink 182 because they are atrocious.

[Asmo]

Green Day - "Wake Me Up When September Ends" + "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"
John Mayer - "Your Body Is A Wonderland"

[Vastardikai]

Pearl Jam - "Yellow Ledbetter": I hate this song more than "Evenflow," because I swear it takes 5 years to get through.

Rob Zombie - "Living Dead Girl": I should specify the digital playings of this song. Because HALF OF THE EFFECTS are lost in the conversion from Analog to Digital.

Linkin Park - The whole catalog: Seriously. They had maybe one good song ever. If there was any band that should be thankful that At The Drive-In imploded when they did, it's these guys.

[Curd]

I think u mean "paint it black" u yellow lipped musically stunted manlet.

Yup! It was part of my plan to get a direct reaction from you! Thanks for calling me a "manlet" because that turns me on, you screwy-eyed pony! RAWR! :naughty:

[Curd]

PrettyCool is PrettyPerceptive. "Fade to Black" = Metallica

At long last, Pretty Cool has engaged me. My week is complete! :)

[road doggy dogg]

It's karaoke. If you're going out to karaoke, you deserve what you get.

Normally I'd be in full agreement, but even some of my favourite, otherwise-totally-rational bars have karaoke nights, and it's unavoidable.

I think the worst I've ever experienced was two drunk chicks doing Walk by Pantera. At first I was willing to give them props on the song selection, but once it started, oh good god did that take a 180.
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[Shisen Kopf]

Anything Dave Matthews he's awful.

[FakeLaser]

All hipster crap

[Shisen Kopf]

All hipster crap

Yes!

[Bad News Gertner]

I agree with Fakerazor. If you're not good enough to get on a major record label then you shouldn't be allowed to release music.

[FakeLaser]

Everything Muse has ever done

[Shisen Kopf]

again I agree with FakeRazor. Muse is just Radiohead light mixed with a little Queen. Nothing original at all.

[Bad News Gertner]

Bon Iver and Animal Collective are fucking terrible. They can quit too.

[Bad News Gertner]

Anything considering "atmospheric"

[Blitz]

Lot of terrible choices in here.

[The Condor]

Lot of terrible choices in here.

Elaborate. I'd like to hear your opinion

[The Condor]

"Been Caught Stealing" by Jane's Addiction. Never was a fan and the job I worked in high school had this song playing at least once a day in the background. I have come to loathe it.

[The Rogerer]

Anything by AC/DC. Rubbish.

[CSL]

all things System of a Down

[whiteyford]

Except Chop Suey I hope.

[CSL]

es bastard specially Chop Suey. That and BYOB

[whiteyford]

Heathen.

[Skippord]

some dickheads called the "Lovable Rogues" that I learned about from CSL's twitter and now want to destroy

[CSL]

oh mate, so bad :( stood watching the video with a face like somebody had pissed in my previously delicious frosty beverage

[Skippord]

yeah there was a healthy dose of rage that was clearly visible on my face, I do not understand why the black guy is there

[Skippord]

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see how far you can get into this pile of garbage

[Skippord]

also the lyrics seem to suggest they are going to perform a gang rape

[Blitz]

Elaborate. I'd like to hear your opinion

All terrible choices:

"Epic" by Faith No More- I get it, understand its place in the musical evolution chain, but it really hasn't stood the test of time and Im just not a fan.

"Tub Thumping" by Chumbawumba

"Wicked Game" by Chris Isaac

Daft Punk-One More Time, utter euro trash crap.

Anything by Sublime. They're one of my favorite bands, but I feel like I've heard every single song a million times now.

"Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf

"Fade to Black" by The Rolling Stones has an assload of covers which thankfully leave radio rotation fairly quickly.

Don't Stop Believin'--Journey. No such place as South Detroit, that would be Windsor and who the hell wants to sing about that place?

Complete Discographies:
Bon Jovi
Sublime
Dave Matthews Band
Goo Goo Dolls
Counting Crows
Lifehouse
Gin Blossoms
Everclear
Mumford & Sons and related folk-suspenderwave stadium "indie" bands


Journey - Don't Stop Believin' - Pretty much the bane of karaoke nights everywhere. Guaranteed to come up at least once throughout the night, and be sung terribly.

Oasis - Wonderwall - It's the "Don't Stop Believin'" of douchey acoustic guitar players at pubs. Bar promoting an acoustic set of some local musician? Almost guaranteed they will be playing Wonderwall at some point. Not a bad song by any means, but just so cliché.

Pearl Jam - Evenflow - "Controversial" pick, but IDK. Every time I listen to any alternative radio station I hear it. Like, without fail. And, no exaggeration, every single time I've been in a car with anyone who has XM radio, if the Lithium station is on I've heard this track within 10 minutes of the station being on. I get that that's the "point" of the channel, but BLAH. I'm just tired of hearing this song on the radio.

crossrine

Hell's Bells
Welcome to the Jungle
Don't Stop Believing
Bohemian Rhapsody

blink 182 because they are atrocious.


Rob Zombie - "Living Dead Girl": I should specify the digital playings of this song. Because HALF OF THE EFFECTS are lost in the conversion from Analog to Digital.

Linkin Park - The whole catalog: Seriously. They had maybe one good song ever. If there was any band that should be thankful that At The Drive-In imploded when they did, it's these guys.

Everything Muse has ever done

Bon Iver

[Blitz]

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see how far you can get into this pile of garbage
Made it about 45 seconds. This should never have been recorded, or even conceptualized in the first place.

[weather vane]

"What song don't you like but lots of other people do?"

[Bad News Gertner]

Anything by Motley Crue can go away

[FakeLaser]

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

[Kane Knight]

All terrible choices:

To be fair, I think FakeLaser might have been going for "irony."

Possibly.

"What song don't you like but lots of other people do?"

And?

[FakeLaser]

Nah, all crap.

I'm on board with Bon Iver and Green Day too

[whiteyford]

Anything by Motley Crue can go away

Shout at the Devil is great, just because you grew up with Bryan Adams.

Only Canadian musician I could think of.

[Bad News Gertner]

Corey Hart!

[whiteyford]

Brets brother?

[Arrogance]

Def Leppard can get lost. Really lost.

[Vastardikai]

Linkin Park is nothing more than Nsync with Guitars.

And my dislike of "Living Dead Girl" is only due to the fact that many of the samples disappear due to the transition to digital. The song itself is fine, it's the vanishing samples that pissed me off.

[Kane Knight]

Nah, all crap.

I'm on board with Bon Iver and Green Day too

Well. My mistake, then!

[parkmania]

Crazy Train by Ozzy Osborne
Rock and Roll, Pt. 2 by Gary Glitter
Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People (actually, I don't want this song retired - I want every copy of it shot into the sun along with the band as a warning to all bands everywhere not to record shit like this ever again)

[FakeLaser]

All Foster The People would be great

[itsmeJD]

All Foster The People would be great

I second this motion.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Im coming home.

[screech]

All Foster The People would be great

I guess it's good I don't know this group, then?

[The Condor]

"We Found Love" by Rhianna and "What is Love" by Haddaway

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

"What is Love" by Haddaway

No!!!!!!!!!

[Heisenberg]

Seether and Saliva songs, don't want them around. They manage to still show up.

[The Condor]

Seether is shit, I concur.

[weather vane]

And?

And what?

[screech]

Seether and Saliva songs, don't want them around. They manage to still show up.

Seether is shit, I concur.

I miss "old" Seether (though I can still enjoy some of their current stuff).

Seems shitty to say, but the band was way better when Shaun Morgan was intoxicated.

[The Condor]

Most bands/groups/artists are much better when the beer is flowing and the drugs are being used. A sad paradox of life

[screech]

Just not grungy enough anymore. Maybe if they all stopped showering it'd right the ship without being life-threatening.

[Kane Knight]

And what?

Exactly.

[Raven Reaper]

All Coldplay albums.